There are, in fact, several types of IT products that could require some level of safety documentation - see Aus/NZ 3000.
The path of least resistance is to have whatever body issues the CB test cert do all of the country-specific stuff. Brian From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org]On Behalf Of Kevin Richardson Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 1:37 PM To: Knighten, Jim L; Dan Roman; EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: RE: Australia Requiems for ITE Equipment Christine, Jim is correct. The Australian regulations require the local manufacturer, importer or the appointed Agent of the local manufacturer or importer be responsible for compliance of the produce supplied in Australia. As such, they must assemble the necessary compliance documentation (i.e. product Compliance Folder) and then sign a Declaration of Conformity (DoC). In addition, which ever it is making the DoC, the product must display their ACMA Supplier Code Number (SCN). Therefore, if you are an overseas manufacturer/supplier who does not have a registered business presence in Australia importing your own product, each and every importer of your product must take responsibility for the product they import and supply (i.e. establish a product Compliance Folder, sign a DoC and ensure the product is labelled with their ACMA SCN and only their SCN). Seemingly complicated I know. The easiest and greatest benefit approach for overseas manufacturers/suppliers to access the Australian market if they do not have a local office or do not with a local office to be the importer of their product is for the overseas manufacturer/supplier to enter into an 'arrangement' with a company in Australia offering 'Agent' service. Then, providing each of their importers agree to enter into an 'Agency agreement' with that same Agent, the overseas manufacturer/supplier only need deal with a single entity in terms of compliance of their product and also the bit plus it all product can be labelled with a single SCN, i.e. the Agent's, instead of a different SCN for each of the importers. Finally, concerning the comments about electrical safety, it is true that electrical safety approval is not covered by either the A-Tick or the C-Tick. A separate and formal approval is required in some instances but general not for ITE. The only item at the moment that MUST be approved is an external power supply (i.e. typical laptop type PSU). this device is a "Declared Article" according to the electrical regulations in each State/Territory of Australia and as such must have a "Certificate of Suitability" issued for the the PSU. There are moves afoot to change the electrical regulations significantly which, when introduced, will introduce rather sweeping changes. The ACMA are also looking at the possibility of moving to a single mark although if introduced will most likely be synchronised to coincide with the introduction of the new electrical regulations because they are both likely to then require the use of the "Regulatory Compliance Mark" (RCM). At the moment, use of the RCM is outlined in AS/NZS 4417 series of standards. Best regards, Kevin Richardson - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <emc-p...@ieee.org> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <emcp...@socal.rr.com> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com>
